Increasing equity, affirming the power of narrative and expanding dialogue: The evolution of entertainment education over two decades

Critical Arts

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-35

  Storey, Douglas ^a   Sood, Suruchi ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; dialogue; entertainment education; equity; participation; practice; research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874629516     PISSN: 02560046     EISSN: 19926049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02560046.2013.767015     Document Type: Article

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